Archive for September, 2009

Android Home Screen Prototype

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Recently the touchscreen on my dumbphone took a dump and no longer registers touches… That being the case I have been looking at the new phones coming out within the next few months (preferably on Verizon) and have seen a few cool phones but I am still looking for something…. better.  The guys over at LarvaLabs have developed a concept home screen for Android that looks clean and simple and pretty damn nice.  Being a concept it obviously isn’t available on any shipping phones but it looks like it could be a good rival for HTC’s SenseUI which I think is absolutely awesome.

I have not really looked into Motorola’s MotoBlur UI for Android yet as I haven’t seen many previews on it.  From what I have seen it looks pretty neat but also fairly cluttered.  I will reserve final judgment until I see MotoBlur closer and see what hardware is coming for Verizon.  Now I just need these phones to pop up on Verizon.  The Touch Pro2 looks good but I really want a Hero-esque Android device.  We will see… hopefully sooner rather than later!

To Infinity and the Space Station

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

I didn’t know that this was happening but apparently Buzz Lightyear has been aboard the International Space Station for over a year on a program by NASA and Disney to help get young people interested ins science and space and such.  The Buzz action figure went up last May and recently came back on STS-128 last week.  Below is a compilation video of Buzz floating around the Space Station! Super awesome :) [via Gizmodo and Orlando Sentinel]